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Senior Bowl director and former NFL GM Phil Savage brought in a larger quarterback contingent than normal for the North and South rosters at the Senior Bowl this week. In his opinion the class is deep, but with a variety of skill sets. Here’s Savage’s take on the eight signal callers in Mobile.

“We took eight quarterbacks this year which is something that’s never been done here before,” said Savage. “Part of the reason is we felt like there’s such a disparity between college and pro football and there’s so many differences at that position, we felt like this is such a deep class, that why not instead of six, let’s bring eight.

“I thought the clubs would really want to be in front of the players, find out what they know, how much did they run at the line of scrimmage, how much freedom did they have within their scheme. And not only evaluate them on the field, but off the field, so here we are. This year, we could have gone 10,11,12 deep in terms of trying to determine who would be here in Mobile.”

Bills GM Doug Whaley believes the senior class offers a deep group of quarterbacks that show the potential to develop, but few who are elite and ready to be impact players right away.